Bill Text: NY A05883 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Exempts certain personal protective clothing and equipment from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to ways and means [A05883 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A05883-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5883--B 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain personal protective clothing and equipment from the tax on sales and the compensating use tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended 2 by adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows: 3 (47) Personal protective clothing and equipment worn for protection 4 against illness from infectious disease or materials or to help prevent 5 or reduce the spread of infectious disease or illness. Personal protec- 6 tive clothing and equipment shall include, but not be limited to, 7 isolation gowns and coveralls, gloves, facemasks, face shields, goggles, 8 and any other clothing or equipment determined by the commissioner of 9 health to be effective in protecting the wearer against illness from 10 infectious disease or materials or to help prevent or reduce the spread 11 of infectious disease or illness. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sales tax 13 quarterly period commencing after this act shall have become a law, and 14 shall apply to sales made and uses occurring on and after such date in 15 accordance with applicable transitional provisions of sections 1106 and 16 1217 of the tax law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03340-05-1